Glenn E. Smith to Speak as Part of the Distinguished Lectureship in Aging

Glenn E. Smith to Speak as Part of the Distinguished Lectureship in Aging

Dr. Glenn E. Smith, will present "Making the case for multi-component behavioral interventions for MCI" on Friday, February 17, 2017 at 10:30am in USF College of Public Health Auditorium 1023B. Smith is the Chair and Elizabeth Faulk Professor of the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Florida. A board-certified neuropsychologist, Dr. Smith has authored or co-authored over 200 original articles, 14 book chapters, and 2 books. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Nebraska, and then completed an internship at UCLA and a fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota (where he subsequently spent 25 years). He is the creator of the HABIT program (Healthy Action to Benefit Independence and Thinking™), which is designed to benefit people diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). He is past Chair of the American Psychological Association's Committee on Aging, and is the principal investigator of a study titled 'Comparative Effectiveness of Behavioral Interventions to Prevent or Delay Dementia.'